CCDT

Volunteer Day 29/05/22
2022-05-29 13:00 (Europe/London) | Gillies Hill Sheds Entrance (///adjust.lucky.gives), Cambusbarron, Stirling, FK7 9PG, United Kingdom

School Summer Fair 2022
2022-05-28 11:00 - 14:00 | Cambusbarron Primary School, Cambusbarron Primary School, Thomson Place, Cambusbarron, FK7 9PE, United Kingdom
Please email cambusbarronprimaryfreg@yahoo.com if you would be able to help on 28th May.

May Consultation Evening
2022-05-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Cambusbarron Community Centre (///hello.finds.proof), Cambusbarron Community Centre, St Ninians Road, Cambusbarron, FK7 9NU, United Kingdom
Pop along any time during the session for tea/coffee and home baking. This is an opportunity for you to join us and have an informal chat about the future of what YOU would like to see as part of the woodland management.
There have been no plans made for the area affected by the SPHN felling, we’re looking to record views of the community in order to make plans for the years to come. There will be more opportunities for consultation so don’t worry if you can’t make it along to this session. We will also be looking to take guidance from a forestry consultant and thereafter that will be passed back through community consultation before any plans turn to action too.
At any time you can email us through woodland@ccdt.org.uk with any queries or if you wish to get more actively involved with the future of your local community woodland.

Volunteer Day - Path Clearing
2022-04-30 10:00 - 17:00 | Mud Kitchen (///precautions.vanish.sings), By Walled Garden, Cambusbarron, United Kingdom
Main focus will be clearing brash from woodland paths in SPHN felled area. Meet at Gillies Hill garages entrance at 10am – any time you could spare us through the day would be appreciated!
Come along and be part of the team to open up some access paths again and chat about future plans too.
Work tasks in walled garden also available.

Spring Family Event
2022-04-12 11:30 - 13:00 | Cambusbarron Primary School, Cambusbarron Primary School, Thomson Place, Cambusbarron, FK7 9PE, United Kingdom
Frog Hunt: Follow the frogspawn!
We invite families to meet us at the footbridge at the school entrance to the woods at 11:30 or follow the bunting trail to find us down by the ponds just along from the outdoor classroom. We will be doing pond dipping and giving people a chance to see what lies beneath from dragonflies to frogs to midges many species start their life in a pond! We will also have interactive activities to celebrate the frog life cycle. Bring sensible footwear, a grown up and your curiosity to explore more nature on your doorstep!

Volunteer Day
2022-03-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Mud Kitchen (///precautions.vanish.sings), By Walled Garden, Cambusbarron, United Kingdom
A crossing point has been made over the forwarder tracks to allow easier access into the non felled area of the woods. The access route to the mud kitchen from the Gillies Hill entrance is marked in Blue.
It is Volunteer Day this Saturday 26th March. Please come along to the mud kitchen (near the walled garden) at 10am. (See Map above)

Activities Will Include:
Walled Garden : Setting out growing beds and polytunnel areas / clearing vegetation and brash / General tidying /
Tree Transplanting: Last volunteer day, more than 30 tree saplings were transplanted from the quarry to the Walled Garden. There are lots more to transplant. Bring a spade and bucket if you have them.
Litter Picking : Couple of teams to do general litter picking in the non SPHN woods. (excuse for a walk and a natter)

Volunteer Day
2022-02-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Mud Kitchen (///precautions.vanish.sings), By Walled Garden, Cambusbarron, United Kingdom
Volunteer day is here again this Saturday, 26th February. Hopefully there will be no Dudley, Eunice, Franklin or Gladys to thwart us (Forecast is cloudy but dry).
It is a great opportunity to meet and have a chat with fellow volunteers including trustees. Tea and coffee will be provided (at least for part of the day)
All the activities are well away from the larch felling.
The planned activities include:

Castle Pond
A huge amount of Work has already been done so far this winter, despite the weather, to clear invasive rhododendron from around the pond. But there is more clearing to be done
There is also wildlife habitat to be created from the cut logs.

Castle Gardens

Much of the gardens around the old Polmaise Castle have been cleared of rhododendron .
However there is still much more to clear to find parts of the gardens that have been lost for a century. Volunteers required for discovery.

Tree Transplanting
The Forest Manager, Amos has identified self seeded pine and other trees in Paterson’s Quarry that will, in time, be destroyed if not removed.
Volunteers are needed to dig these up and replant them temporarily in the Walled Garden. They will be transplanted again into the woods in the autumn. Please bring a spade and bucket if you have them.

Squirrel Feed Boxes
10 boxes have been set up in the woods to entice the squirrels away from the felling area. 6 volunteer families and a cub group are looking after 8 feed boxes keeping them filled and cleaned.
The squirrels are certainly using them and will be enticing them away from the felling zone.
There are two boxes that need adopting by volunteers. It would be to fill the box once a week. CCDT will supply the special squirrel food. If you are interested please email volunteer@ccdt.org.uk and put “squirrel” in the title.

Where & What Time
If you could spare a bit of time to help with any of the tasks above, please come along to :
The seating area next to the Mud Kitchen (which is near the walled garden) at 10:00 am.
As the main path from Gillies Hill is closed off due to the felling, you will need to walk up and around the top of the felling area
Please dress in old clothes, and sturdy footwear – it will be a bit muddy in places. Work gloves are recommended. At this time of year a bit of rain is to be expected.
If you are interested in cutting down rhododendron, we have some spare loppers and wood saws, but possibly not enough to go around. If you have your own please bring them along.
You may also wish to bring some sustenance and something to drink. There will be limited tea and coffee facilities.
We look forward to seeing you Saturday if you can make it along. Even if it’s just for a chat.

Walled Garden Volunteer Day
2022-02-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Woodland Work Base, Cambusbarron, United Kingdom
– Building on the great success of the walled garden volunteer day on 15th January
– Collecting loose bricks for reuse / setting out growing beds and polytunnel location / clearing vegetation and brash / trimming hedges.
– Opportunity to drink tea and talk about future plans
Please dress in old clothes, and sturdy footwear – it could be a bit muddy in places. Work gloves are recommended. At this time of year a bit of rain is to be expected.
We look forward to seeing you Saturday if you can make it along. Even if it’s just for a chat.

Volunteer Day CANCELLED
2022-01-29 10:00 - 14:00 | Walled Garden (/// gallons.logs.cheer), Cambusbarron, Stirling, FK7 9PU, United Kingdom
*** Update 09:20 29th January — Due to the current high winds, unfortunately this event has been CANCELLED ***
This Saturday, 29th January is one of our planned volunteer days and there is a busy list of jobs for all abilities. It is a great opportunity to meet and have a chat with fellow volunteers including trustees. You may also wish to bring some sustenance and something to drink. There will be the opportunity to cook your own sausages / burgers / marshmallows / etc. on one of the fires – bring a long fork. Tea and coffee will be provided (at least for part of the day)
Please dress in old clothes, and sturdy footwear – it could be a bit muddy in places. Work gloves are recommended. At this time of year a bit of rain is to be expected.
We look forward to seeing you Saturday if you can make it along. Even if it’s just for a chat.
All the activities are well away from the larch felling.
The planned activities include:
Walled Garden – Building on the great success of the walled garden volunteer day on 15th January
– Collecting loose bricks for reuse / setting out growing beds and polytunnel location / clearing vegetation and brash / trimming hedges.
– Opportunity to drink tea and talk about future plans
Castle Pond
– Work is ongoing to clear the area around the pond of invasive rhododendron. A lot has already been cut and the brash (leaves and stems) are to be burnt in two or three fires.
– Larger branches to be cut to create wildlife habitat.
– There will also be the opportunity to cut down rhododendron if that’s your thing. If you are interested in cutting down rhododendron, we have some spare loppers and wood saws, but possibly not enough to go around. If you have your own please bring them along.
Set Up Squirrel Feed Boxes
We are hoping that a family will volunteer to help set up a box. We are therefore looking for 8 families. The nursery will set up 2 boxes.
Each volunteer family will be asked to fill the box once a week and let us know how much food has been used. They would need to clean the box with disinfectant at the same time. The boxes, all food and disinfectant will be provided by the trust.
It will be for between 4 and 6 weeks, until the squirrels have settled after the felling.
If you are interested in this exciting volunteer project please email volunteer@ccdt.org.uk in advance and put “squirrel” in the title.
Log Splitting for Firewood
There will be an opportunity to hone your axe skills. Logs are to be split for firewood.
You can take a bag of logs home ….. and split enough logs…!! (bring a bag)

Walled Garden Volunteer Day
2022-01-15 10:00 - 13:00 | Walled Garden (/// gallons.logs.cheer), Cambusbarron, Stirling, FK7 9PU, United Kingdom
Come along between 10am to 1pm to discuss our plans and to help us with some basic tasks to help prepare the space for growing.
These will include:

Collecting loose bricks.
Cutting away and collecting vegetation.
Burning brash to make room for growing areas.
Trimming the Yew hedge.
Drinking tea and talking about plans.

It would be great to see any volunteers and friends of the garden old and new.
Thanks again for all the feedback and enthusiasm for this project.
If you are unable to attend, but have any ideas or would like further information, please e-mail garden@ccdt.org.uk

Family Winter Woodland Crafts
2021-12-05 10:00 - 12:00
Join us to create some fun festive woodland crafts with friends and family in Gillies Hill Community Woodland.

The first weekend in December is traditionally known for ‘tree dressing’. It celebrates the importance of trees and encourages us to value and care for them. Together we’ll make some festive crafts that you can take home and hang on your own Christmas tree or you can choose to help us decorate a tree in the woodland for the community to enjoy together over the festive period.
Festive home baking and winter spiced tea/juice will be available.
There is no fixed ticket price for this event however we do ask that you register interest in advance to help us prepare https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-winter-woodland-crafts-tickets-217204984957?fbclid=IwAR1eH7AeUW3S0wXyjcR5xRrATSksZKvrhrVOPMXnOl-ikI8Emz_XWesTt6Q
A suggested donation of £5 per family can be collected on the day or can be processed via QR code & PayPal donation link. If you do enjoy and wish to contribute to future projects and events such as these in the woodland we would appreciate any donation you feel able to make.
Location – meet for 10am by walled garden.
We’d encourage you where possible to walk to the event. There is no onsite parking and the nearest car parking is at Cambusbarron Primary School, Old Drove Road, Cambusbarron FK7 9PE ///armed.fills.slowly or Cambusbarron Community Centre, St Ninians Road, Cambusbarron FK7 9NU ///refers.metro.budget about a 10 minute walk to the start. We will email out a map to all attendees in advance of the event to show parking and also walking route to the walled garden.
Photo credit: Helen Toole – Robin at the Tennis Courts

Volunteer Day
2021-11-27 10:00 - 14:00 | Woodland Work Base, Cambusbarron, United Kingdom
Any Chance of a Bit of Help on Saturday 27th November ‘21?
Saturday, 27th November is one of CCDT’s regular volunteer days.
If you could spare some time to help with a number of tasks including:
– Clearing and tidying up the walled garden
– Clearing rhododendrons at various locations and creating biodiverse habitat
– Clearing the castle pond overflows
In addition the “Froglife” folks will be there to inform about improving habitat for the froglike creatures.
If you can, please come along to:
The steel container next to the walled garden at 10:00 am
Please dress in old clothes, and sturdy footwear – it could be a bit muddy in places. Work gloves are recommended. Weather forecast is dry and sunny if a tad cold.
If clearing rhoddy is your thing, do bring your own loppers and a wood saw if possible.
There will be some spare tools for those that don’t have any.
You may also wish to bring some sustenance and something to drink. It will be a day for hot soup.
If you arrive later than 10 am, directions will be pinned to the steel container so you can find the work parties.
I look forward to seeing you Saturday if you can make it along
Jim O’Connor
Member of CCDT Board of Trustees

Dark Woods Session - Hosted by Cambusbarron Village Nursery
2021-11-05 17:30 - 18:30 | Gillies Hill Sheds Entrance (///adjust.lucky.gives), Cambusbarron, Stirling, FK7 9PG, United Kingdom
Join us between 5:30pm and 6:30pm for another Dark Woods session where we will be providing soup, hot dogs and refreshments – straight from the campfire. Activities for children available! Only £1 per person (67p booking fee applies).
Meet at the Gillies Hill Entrance to the woods and follow our trail of lights to the Walled Garden.
(Please note the start and finish times of 5:30-6:30pm as we have been made aware that some devices are showing time according to UTC rather than GMT)

Volunteer Day
2021-05-29 10:00 - 16:00 | Woodland Work Base, Cambusbarron, United Kingdom
Gillies Hill Community Woodland
Volunteer Days 2021 – Throughout the summer volunteer days will be held on the last Saturday of each month
This Saturday 29th May 10am meet at our ‘Work Base’ which is the container by the walled garden area.
This session: planting oaks, access road improvements, path & drainage maintenance – come along with any shovels or digging tools you have!

Photograph Competition - Cambusbarron Life
2021-01-14 08:00 - 2021-02-13 23:59
Photograph competition
The theme for our first photograph competition of 2021 will be ‘Cambusbarron Life’. This is open to your own personal interpretation.
How to enter: Please submit photos via email to photos@ccdt.org.uk provide your full name and state whether entering the adult or junior competition. Feel free to include a caption or description of your photograph.
Closing Date: Midnight on Friday 12th February 2021. The three shortlisted in the adult and junior categories will be notified by email and displayed on our website as the shortlist within 10 days of the closing date. The winners will be notified by email on 1st March 2021.
The winners’ photographs will receive the honour of being featured on our website home page during 2021.
All junior participants will receive a certificate and shortlisted junior entrants will receive a small prize.
Terms & Conditions

Photos must be taken in Cambusbarron Community Council area.
Entrants can submit as many photos as they wish in JPEGS format.
Entrants must not be professional photographers.
All entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not infringe the rights of any other party. The entrants must be the sole owner of copyright in all photographs entered and must have obtained permission of any people featured in the entries or their parents/guardians if children under 16 are featured. Further, entrants must not have breached any laws when taking their photographs.
For health and safety reasons relating to Coronavirus we will only accept JPEGS emailed in, we will not accept hard copies sent through the post.
Board members or employees of the CCDT will not be eligible to enter the photography competition.
Entrants will retain copyright in the photographs that they submit. By entering the competition all entrants grant to the CCDT the right to publish and exhibit their photographs on the CCDT’s website or in any other media in perpetuity. While we make every effort to credit photographers, including in printed reproductions of their work, we cannot guarantee that every use of the photographs will include the photographers’ names.
The CCDT reserves the right to cancel this competition or alter any of the rules at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, and if circumstances arise outside of its control.

Can you help Santa find his reindeer in Cambusbarron?
2020-12-17 09:00 - 2020-12-23 21:00 | Cambusbarron Village, Cambusbarron, United Kingdom
Santa’s reindeer have been spotted in Wallace Place (2), Gillies Hill, Murray Place, The Brae, Home Farm Road, Woodside Court, North End and Main Street.
If you find them let us know their nose colour and the address you found them.
Santa needs them back by evening of 23rd and winners will be notified on Christmas Eve.
See link below for further details and to enter:
https://ccdt.org.uk/santas-reindeer
Donations towards CCDT projects always welcome. We now have PayPal to make donating remotely easier – https://ccdt.org.uk/donate-to-ccdt

AGM 2020
2020-10-08 19:30 - 20:30
Our planned AGM had to be cancelled due to the restrictions on the number of households gathering, so we are now holding our AGM online.
It will take place via Zoom on Thurs 8th October 7.30-8.30pm.
Members should have received an email with Zoom joining instructions.

Volunteer Day - Cancelled
2020-09-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Gillies Hill Sheds Entrance (///adjust.lucky.gives), Cambusbarron, Stirling, FK7 9PG, United Kingdom
After the announcement on 10th September of the restrictions on gatherings in Scotland, we have made the decision to cancel the upcoming CCDT volunteer days. This will include the one this coming Sat 12th September.
This is also likely to impact on our planned AGM and we will send around further information in due course.
We are hoping that specific guidance on volunteering will be issued soon, but until then we have made this decision to keep the community safe.
Hope to see you all again soon.
Stay safe and take care!

Bat Walk
2020-09-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Cambusbarron Primary School, Cambusbarron Primary School, Thomson Place, Cambusbarron, FK7 9PE, United Kingdom
Saturday 5th Sept 7.30pm
An evening walk to learn about bats in Gillies Hill Community Woodland.
The walk will be led by local bat expert John Haddow (Stirling Bat Group)
Meet at Cambusbarron Primary School.
Hope to see you there!

Volunteer Day
2020-08-15 10:00 - 13:00 | Castle drive, behind Polmaise Lodge (///dizzy.same.piano), Polmaise Road, FK7 9PU, United Kingdom
Meet 10am on Castle drive behind Polmaise Lodge
After the success of the last volunteer day they will now be every fortnight. This week we will be working on the drive from Polmaise Lodge to the Castle.
Depending on numbers we will split into working groups to ensure compliance with gov guidance and maintain social distancing.
Meet 10am behind Polmaise Lodge (see map below). Note that there will be no space to park at Polmaise Lodge. Bring digging tools if you can. Please dress appropriately to conditions waterproofs and boots ideally!
No need to let us know, please just come along if you can. Any queries please email amos@ccdt.org.uk

Woodland Walk
2020-08-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Cambusbarron Primary School, Cambusbarron Primary School, Thomson Place, Cambusbarron, FK7 9PE, United Kingdom

Volunteer Days are back! - Starting this Saturday 18th
2020-07-18 10:00 - 13:00 | Gillies Hill Sheds Entrance (///adjust.lucky.gives), Cambusbarron, Stirling, FK7 9PG, United Kingdom
Following results of our recent Paths Survey we are keen to have a volunteer session where we focus on the main path erosion (main path trail up from sheds on Gillies Hill). Will be digging drainage channels. Another area of focus is Himalayan Balsam control.
Depending on numbers we will split into working groups to ensure compliance with gov guidance and maintain social distancing.
Meet 10am by blue shed at Gillies Hill entrance. Bring a spade if you have one. Please dress appropriately to conditions waterproofs and boots ideally!
No need to let us know, please just come along if you can.
